afagar

Galician

Etymology

Attested from the 13th century. Probably from Arabic خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa). Cognate with Portuguese afagar, Spanish halagar, Catalan afalagar.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afaˈɣaɾ/

Verb

afagar (first-person singular present afago, first-person singular preterite afaguei, past participle afagado)

  1. (archaic) to flatter
  2. to stroke, fondle, caress
    • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 24:
      chegou aos touros esforçadamẽnte sem nẽgũ temor. Et trouxe'lles a'maão destra por'los peytos, coçãdo-os et afaagando-os.
      he bravely came to the bulls, fearless, and he brought them to his right, scratching and fondling them
    Synonym: aloumiñar

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References

  • afagar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • afagar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • afagar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • afagar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • afagar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. halagar.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧fa‧gar

Verb

afagar (first-person singular present indicative afago, past participle afagado)

  1. to stroke, fondle, caress
    • 1912, Augusto dos Anjos, “Versos Íntimos”, in Eu:
      Toma um fósforo. Acende teu cigarro! / O beijo, amigo, é a véspera do escarro, / A mão que afaga é a mesma que apedreja.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. to cherish, feed

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